Frogs with Mono?

[MarkusBett18]

Greetings! I just recently got into froggin a lot.. I have 2 rods only with around 10lb mono on them, will that be fine for froggin or should I just not frog. I know its a little "Light".

[Capt. BassinLou]

Greetings! I just recently got into froggin a lot.. I have 2 rods only with around 10lb mono on them, will that be fine for froggin or should I just not frog. I know its a little "Light".

I'm going to spare you a lot of frustration and heart ache. Short answer is going to be a huge NO... 
Look into spooling one of your reels with a minimum of 40lb braid and minimum 7 ft MH rod. This will provide you with a good fighting chance of landing fish with the frog.

[Lipripper]

I'm going to spare you a lot of frustration and heart ache. Short answer is going to be a huge NO... 
Look into spooling one of your reels with a minimum of 40lb braid and minimum 7 ft MH rod. This will provide you with good fighting chance of landing fish with the frog.

X2 your going to be throwing your frog in places where a 10lb mono wouldn't pull a fish out of if you hooked one. Like Lou said put some at least 40 ib braid on one of them.

[Capt. BassinLou]

The reason I don't recommend mono for frog fishing is because its too springy for this application. You need a line that will drive frog hooks through the fish's mouth quickly, and be to handle the fish in moderate to heavy cover. Imho,  braid is the best line to choose for this technique.

[LgMouthGambler]

The reason I don't recommend mono for frog fishing is because its too springy for this application. You need a line that will drive frog hooks through the fish's mouth quickly, and be to handle the fish in moderate to heavy cover. Imho,  braid is the best line to choose for this technique.

Listen to the master you will.



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[rockchalk06]

What reels? What rods?

[SFL BassHunter]

10lb mono won't cut it. Like Lou said mono is too springy, and 10lb mono is too thin. You need some hard hooksets while frog fishing and 10lb mono just won't hold up.

40lb braid, at least.

[cojab]

Im no frog master but I agree with the others. I tried mono with frogs originally and did not get many hooked.
I switched to braid and my percentage jumped immediately. Mono has way to much stretch for frogs and 10 lb is too light.

[coldfront]

I'm going to spare you a lot of frustration and heart ache. Short answer is going to be a huge NO... 
Look into spooling one of your reels with a minimum of 40lb braid and minimum 7 ft MH rod. This will provide you with a good fighting chance of landing fish with the frog.

good points LOU!  when I first started getting into frogs, it was with the zoom horny toad.  I was tossing it on 14# mono and a 7 foot MH rod.  for me, heavy line and heavy rod.  should have been enough?  right?

had a spectacularly frustrating day on Mozingo (MO) where I had a TON of hits, and had the fish ON... but they all came unbuttoned.

Once I switched to braid, those issues all but disappeared.

If you're worried about other applications (limited rods, reels)  you can always tie in section of either mono or floro to your braid...


I've been where you are... try it as you can.